Section 7Sec./Art. 7

The Governing Board of the CODA. – The CODA shall be governed by a Board, composed as follows:

a. Secretary of Agriculture, as ex-officio Chairman;

b. Secretary of Trade and Industry;

c. Secretary of Agrarian Reform;

d. Executive Director, Philippine Textile Research Institute;

e. Director, Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research and Development;

f. One (1) representative from among the government financial institutions to be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture;

g. One (1) representative from among the textile millers to be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the association of textile millers duly accredited by the CODA;

h. One (1) representative from among the ginners appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the association of ginners duly accredited by the CODA; and

i. Three (3) representatives from the cotton farmers associations to be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of their respective confederations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao duly accredited by the CODA.